A strong offshore tremor triggered panic across Southeast Asia before officials confirmed there was no tsunami threat, highlighting the region’s vulnerability to sudden seismic shocks.
"PM Phạm Minh Chính of Vietnam and I met in Johannesburg. Our commitment to a stronger, future-oriented friendship between India and Vietnam remains steadfast," Modi said in a post on X, highlighting the positive outcome of the meeting.
China’s sweeping crackdown on transnational scam syndicates in Southeast Asia marks a rare confluence of law enforcement, diplomacy, and domestic reassurance.
At the centre of the scam: Indian SIM cards, local accents, and fake job offers. Victims receive calls from familiar-looking numbers, often in regional languages, lowering their guard.
Thailand has tightened efforts to monitor all individuals infected with monkeypox (mpox) and their close contacts, ensuring that they are under strict surveillance to prevent further spread of the disease, health officials said on Thursday.
China is getting back into the groove of marketing arms at defense exhibitions in Asia, after a long absence because of COVID-19. China had a strong presence at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia, with the biennial event better known as LIMA 2023.
The annual bird census, undertaken in the brackish water lagoon yesterday, put the count to 10,93,049 migratory birds of 105 different species. There has been an increase of 56,829 birds this time. Last year, 10, 36, 220 birds of 107 species were sighted.
The inflation forecast for Southeast Asia for 2022 has been raised significantly from 3.7 percent to 4.7 percent, according to the latest report from the Asian Development Bank.
India, which shares an approximately 1,700-kilometre-long border with the country, in the past, emphasized the need for Myanmar's return to democracy at the earliest.
The infamous Sinaloa Cartel is a major player in this system. Till 2005-2007, Chinese traders in both legal wildlife commodities and illegal wildlife products dealt directly with local hunters, poachers, and fishermen. Today, Mexican narco-criminal groups have inserted themselves into the value chain, as it were, as facilitators and/or middlemen.
